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Palermo Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Palermo, Italy
Down South
This morning after eating our provided breakfast on the terrace, Jess, Andy and I headed out into the warm Sicilian sun to see the city. We were hoping that it would look much better than it did to us last night when we arrived. It did. It no ...
Dinner with friends
About once a month Stefano and Nellie get together with 4 other couples and have a dinner party. They get together with their kids and catch up what has been happening in each others lives. This has been going on for just over ten ...
Off in a light rain to the west past ...
... and most of the drivers allowed plenty of room for movement and we all drove at moderate speeds (100 km/ph (60mph)). Coming through Palermo we hit a serious traffic jam where an overpass is being built, but with lots of give and take we all got through in ...
Finally...a sandy beach :)
... , i laid out in the sun for a few hours...very enjoyable, and not once did i hear English. It seems that here in Palermo, there are very few American tourists. I have only run into like 2 peeps from England, it seems that most people here are ...
Arriving in Palermo Sicily
Palermo Thursday October 5th 2006 Arrived in Palermo around 6:30 or 7am. But we had to wait until 8am to disembark. We hopped off the SNAV and started walking (in the wrong direction) after a few minutes we realized we needed to turn around. No problem ...
Fever and despair in Palermo
20-21022011 Palermo. Sicilia. Italy Monrealesta paluun jälkeen oli hyvä ottaa muutama välipäivä vielä Palermossa ennen eteenpäin siirtymistä. Kuumehoureilua ja hallitsematonta tärinää tarjonneet päivät hyväksikäytettiin mm. ...
Naples to Palermo, Sicilyf
so after two days of travel i arrived in sicily. i took a cruise ship from naples to palermo last night...we left naples at 8 and arrived in palermo around 6 this morning. it took some doing to find the correct port where the ship sailed from, ...
La Palermitana Cannoli
22 - 270111 Palermo. Sicily. Italy Neljän tunnin junamatkan jälkeen saavuttiin sateiseen Palermoon (Matkan aikana konduktööri mätkäisi satasen sakot paikalliselle nuorelle parille leimaamattomalla lipulla matkaamisesta ja tämän jälkeen ...
Palermo and Monreale
An early start for the daytrip by coach to Palermo and Monreale. We travelled by different routes there and back to give us a good idea of the scenery of ...
What goes around..
1602-18022011 Palermo. Sicilia. Italy Kolmas kerta toden sanoo? Jätettiin Messinan tylsähkö sadesumuisuus taakse ja palattiin junalla takaisin sivistyksen pariin. Junamatkalla Syksy pääsi tutustumaan vanhaan tunisialaiseen herrasmieheen joka ...
Back and fourth
... ja rinkat omatoimisesti tavaratilaan ja sitten edessä oli tunnin kestänyt hurjastelu kapeita vuoristoteitä pitkin.. Maisemista 10/10. "Whoever goes to Palermo and doesn't see Monreale, goes there a jackass and returns a fool." Sicilian Proverb -I- ...
Palermo!
... are: Carol, Steph, Bernie, then Becky. In my own defense, I've never played Yahtzee before. Anywho... Arrival in Palermo. We finally have all realized that we are defiantly not cruising in the Caribbean today! We were originally going to venture out ...
Palermo Pasqua
... to visit Duomo at Monreale. After spending one too many stops in touristy towns, we really enjoyed the unique rhythm of Palermo. A large city with a diverse population that acknowledges tourist but doesn't pander to them. Our arrival on Good Friday was ...
Mafia country
... I felt a little guilty, said to myself "hey, you're still on holiday, bucko" and decided to have a wee walk around. Palermo is actually a fairly interesting city, having spent periods in the middle ages as one of Europe's (and therefore the world's) ...
North by North-West (or thru the heart of Sicily)
... into it now but Sicily has a very messy history in this regard and I will write about it later. I commence my final leg to Palermo and have a beautiful ride through the mountains in the dusk to Palermo. I ride over a pass and start my descent. Palermo is ...
Palermo Sicily
... Christmases ahead of me with it so I keep that in mind! Anyway I had a pretty bad train from Napoli to Palermo on InterCity Trenitalia. Apparently they are notorious for bad toilets and the reputation certainly holds. Anyway it was an 9 hour trip ...
41 Days later
2502-01032011 Palermo. Sicilia. Italy. Sicilia lunasti kaikki odotukset! Nyt 41 vuorokautta Cataniaan sapumisen jälkeen on kuitenkin aika jättää hyvästit. Tätä kirjoittaessa on vielä epävarmaa kuinka pääsemme lähtemään mutta lähdön ...
Sicily
... and don't bother you while you are shopping. I also found out that they don't bargain AT ALL, when everyone else in Italy bargains. This lead to an embarassing exchange when I wanted some sunglasses, was told they were five and I offered three for it, ...
Italian and Arabic blend
... and then around the coast of Sicily to Palermo. we stayed at a cute Bed and Breakfast. Thursday we spent the day exploring Palermo. in Sicily, a lot of the doors are huge, like 15 feet tall, so within the big doors are smaller doors that i ...
Getting to know the city
Palermo at daylight - beautiful. Slept good, even thought the apartment was a bit chilly for us peeps from cold estonia. But all in all having our own room and bathroom was far better than a few degrees more warmth :D And lets not forget freshly made ...
Stereotypical Italy (finally)
... we stop and get Wende a pastry. I am so sick of pastries! I'll wait. Next to Internet (naturally) and then lunch. Palermo seems so-so. it reminds me of the Italian stereotype out of any place so far. Especially in the farmers markets. there is ...
Palermo, Sicily...LP got it wrong
Greetings from Palermo, Sicily. We arrived in Palermo Thursday afternoon after we both crashed out on the flight from Rome (9 hour time change is catching up). We awoke from our snooze by the bumpy ride and landing very close to the water, like when ...
Agrigento - Palermo
I got up at 4am cuz Shiny called me and told me that her battery died. I told her to call AAA. I went back to bed and got up at 7:45am. I had breakfast at 8:00am....a coffee and a crosiant. I slowing got ready (i wrote more post cards) and left the ...
Our last Panini
... fabulous. If you are ever in Palermo, check out Spannato near the Theater in town center! After savoring the culinary art of this Palermo institution, I did manage to take a few stills of the owner and his shop. We headed to the airport as we are ...
Palermo - weird and noisy but sometimes charming
... , a small town 300 metres above Palermo where there is a 12th century Norman-Arab Cathedral, and once to Mondello Beach, Palermo’s very popular sandy seaside resort, and on each occasion someone was pick-pocketed right in front of our eyes but far ...
Day 26
Sorry this blog is a day late, transportation from the airport here in Palermo, Sicily then to a bus to our hotel was so exhausting! We really just rested and went to the restaurant Il Barro, which is ranked #1 in reviews on tripadvisor. I can 100% state ...
Day 27
... into my skin. We took the bus to the main train station then had to purchase another ticket to Cefalu, a town east of Palermo that had beautiful beaches off the coast. When we arrived we walked around for a bit and began to realize that Sicilians use ...
Getting on our feet.....slowly
... full of small windy streets, some impressive buildings, an interesting mix of people and, of course, lots of churches. As Palermo is a major port, it has always had extensive trade with Africa (very close). This became apparent by the ...
Palermo at night
... - learned that Sicilians are always (ok ok not alwasy) late :P We met Davide and his friend Laurel (whos from US). Walked around Palermo a bit and finally at some point Davide took us to our kind host Filippo (we love you Filippo). Chat a bit, ...